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baladine|ˈbælədiːn|
Also 6–7 balladin(e, 7 baladyne.
[a. F. baladin, -ine, f. ballade dancing-song: see ballad n.]
†1. A theatrical dancer; a mountebank, buffoon.
1599Basilikon Doron (1603) 127 Delight not to keepe..in your company, comœdians or balladines. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xv. §1 Trickes of Tumblers Funambuloes, Baladynes. 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. i. 19 (1684) Their best Balladins, who are Now practising a famous Ballat.
2. A female public dancer. rare.
1863Browning In a Balcony ii, The first breathing woman's cheek, First dancer's, gipsy's, or street baladine's.
†3. A ballad-maker or -singer. Cf. balladier.
1604Hieron Wks. I. 551 D d d iij, Meeting with our common aduersary..in the fashion of a Rimer or Balladine. |